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most elite colleges in the country.( james ) court records show the actresses and others allegedly paid hefty bribes -- as much as $6 million -- to get their kids into various schools, including yale, stanford, georgetown and the university of southern california. the charges include conspiracy to commit mail fraud. tmz is reporting that felicity
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huffman has been arrested and is in custody. the alleged scam was reportedly unearthed after authorities found a california businessman who ran an operation helping students get into the college of their choice. authorities say the parents would pay the man money and then he would
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will pass bay area isolated sho
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possible but the main impact will be gusty northerly winds along the coast and in the hills creating blustery conditions into this evening. high pressure builds wednesday through the weekend with no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza.
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richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( darya ) a big story this morning. two brothers from northern california were among the people killed in a plane crash in ethiopia. mel and bennett riffel were from redding. mourners at their old elementary school have started placing flowers at the base of a bell tower in the brothers' memory. they were on an adventure before mel's daughter is born in may. the pastor of saint joseph church and school visited with the parents on monday.
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appreciate the outpouring of love and support and they are asking for prayers. ( james ) the model of airplane that crashed ... has been taken out of the skies by countries around the world. and now senator dianne feinstein is asking the federal aviation administration to ground those planes here in the u-s.( darya ) kron 4's will tran is joining us now live from sfo with more. ( james ) thanks will.
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( darya ) police in mountain view have stopped what could have been a horrific situation at google.( james ) a man from maine threatened the company and traveled across the country to meet with company executives about taking his youtube channel down. kron4's michelle kingston has the (mk)33 year old kyle long arrested on sunday after making threats against google ... traveling from waterville
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maine to mountain view california to confront the company.katie nelson, mountain view police dept. spokeswoman "they learned that kyle was upset at google and at youtube for shutting down his youtube channel allegedly because it was demonetizing his videos and he was losing money." mountain view police say they first learned about kyle on friday after he was involved in a car accident and vandalized a gas station restroom in iowa.on sunday -- they were told that he was in california and threatened physical violence if his meeting with google didn't go well.they say kyle told iowa state troopers he was on his way to mountain view because google shut down his youtube ka view police dept. spokeswoman "i think there's a lot of 'what ifs' here, what could've
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happened and that's obviously the scariest part for a lot of people is you just don't know if this hadn't hap country involving campuses and protection of people we are just glad we were able to make this stop."just last year -- a suspected female opened fire on youtube employees in san bruno -- three workers -- before killing herself. mountain view police say this year, for this incident, they had a lot more information and are pleased they stop long before anyone got hurt.katie nelson, mountain view police dept. spokeswoman"we are very something that could potentially happen again and having a great working google is highly beneficial."michelle kingston, mkingstonnews"when police pulled long over -- they found three baseball bats in his truck. he is being held on 25-thousand dollar bail. we reached out to google for comment, but they didn't want to comment.in mountain view, michelle kingston, kron 4 news." ( darya ) new this morning... contra costa county fire fighters are on the scene of a house fire that broke out around 4:30 this morning. this is on the 28-hundred block of watson court in concord. firefighters tweeted out this pictures. nobody was injured. ( darya ) just in. san jose police have arrested a man in the murder of a mother found stabbed in her home. police just announced that they have arrested 24-year old carlos carranza for the murder.
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he's accused of stabbing 59- year-old bambi larson in the neck and torso last month. her body was discovered inside her home on the 900 block of knollfield way. carranza was booked overnight into santa clara county jail for ( james ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news.... a look at what bart is doing to prevent another system-wide shut down from happening. ( james ) and ... another major recall connected to faulty air bags. this time more than a millionb cars are affected.
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(james) time to talk winners and losers with our financial expert rob black
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loser: the uk, china, australia, singapore and other countries have grounded the boeing 737 max 8 after its 2 deadly crashes .. . the u.k., australia and singapore became the latest to suspend use of all boeing 737 max planes. the countries follow indonesia and china in grounding the jets after the crash of ethiopian airlines flight 302 on sunday, which killed all 157 people on board. the wall street journal said that some
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40% of all the 737 max planes that boeing has delivered are now suspended from flying. loser: trumps proposed 2020 budget could kill subsidized student loans and loan forgiveness . . .the education dept. faces 10% funding cut under trump's 2020 budget proposal. proposed changes could include the end of subsidized student loans and the popular public service
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loan forgiveness program. with the house controlled by democrats it will be difficult for the trump administration to get this to happen. the plan, titled "a budget for a better america, " requests $62 billion for the department of education, or $7.1 billion less than the agency got last year.
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winner: 'captain marvel' had the 3rd- biggest march opening weekend in movie history . . .i"disney has another hit as captain marvel" brought in an estimated $153 million over the weekend. captain marvel is the seventh-biggest opening for a marvel cinematic universe title which is impressive as captain marvel is a little known superhero. this is a bid win for hollywood as the domestic box office is coming off a 17-year low in ticket sales for
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february.. should i buy tesla stock now? zachary
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(dave)a mainly dry cold front will pass through the bay area today. isolated showers are possible but the main impact will be gusty northerly winds along the coast and in the hills creating blustery conditions into this evening. high pressure builds wednesday through the weekend with dry and seasonably mild weather. next chance of rain returns by middle of next week. (robin) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101
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( darya ) new this morning... honda is recalling more than 1 million cars because their airbag inflators can explode. the recall covers many honda and acura models from 2001 through 2016. the inflators are manufactured by takata. 23 people have been killed worldwide because of the faulty inflators. and the inflators covered by this recall are the inflators that were used to replace the original faulty inflators when the recalls began back in 2014. ( darya ) still ahead ... we are following breaking. a stanford college coach is charged in a nationwide college admissions scam ... that also involves the rich
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and the famous. we have the latest details ... after the break. the ross spring dress event is here-finally! so you can say yes to the biggest selection of the season. yes! seriously, 20 to 60 percent off department store prices! more new dresses means more reasons to say yes. at the ross spring dress event. on now!
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great minds shop alike? yes. that's yes for less. yep! yes, yes, yes ,yes, yes... yes. seriously, 20 to 60 percent off department store prices every day. at ross. yes for less. that breaking news ... tmz is reporting that actresses felicity huffman and lori loughlin have been massive scam involving some of the most elite colleges in the country.( james ) court records show court
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records show the actresses and others allegedly paid hefty bribes -- as much as $6 million -- to get their kids into various schools, including yale, stanford, georgetown and the university of southern california. the charges tmz is reporting th huffman has been arrested and is in custody. und a california who ran an operation helping students get into the college of their choice. authorities say the parents would pay the man money and then he would funnel it to a school sat/act administrator or a college athletic coach. the feds say if the money went to a college coach ... the coach would arrange a fake profile that listed the
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student as an athlete. if the money went to an exam administrator, the administrator would either hire a proctor to take the sat/act or correct the student's answers. huffman is best known housewives and laughlin is known for her role in full house. among people indicted are current head sailing coach john vandemoer.picture.to plead guilty afternoon.earlier we federal lets hear what they said. (darya)(james) welcome back to the kron four morning news... lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic... and traffic...
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(dave)a mainly dry cold front will pass through the bay area today. isolated showers are possible but the main impact will be gusty northerly winds along the coast and in the hills creating blustery conditions into this evening. high pressure builds wednesday through the weekend with dry and seasonably mild weather. next chance of rain returns by middle of next week.
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no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( darya )( darya ) in the east bay...
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family and friends are mourning the loss of an oakland city council woman's son.. after the 21-year-old was shot and killed over the weekend. no arrests have been made in the case. kron4's j-r stone has the story. 21 year old victor mcelhaney was remembered monday night at this small private event in west oakland. the son of oakland councilwoman lynette gibson mcelhaneywas shot and killed sunday...less than a mile from the university of southern california. the school that victor attended and where he studied music.sot police say that victor was walking down the street just after midnight sunday. it appears that he was the victim of an attempted robbery when a group approached him and shot him. angela wellman says victor used to call her his music mom. she's known him since he was 11. sunday she received a call from his dad about the shooting.sotvictor played the drums and went from a student at the oakland public conservatory of music to a mentor there. sotin fact
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even those at usc recognized his talent.sotin a statement councilwoman mcelhaney said " i miss my baby. please keep me, my family, and all of my son's friends in your thoughts and prayers. ( darya ) that was j-r stone
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reporting. at least three people are believed to have been involved in this killing down in los angeles. ( james ) in the north bay... two people are dead after a shooting at a busy shopping mall... police saying it was a murder-suicide involving an married couple. it happened in the parking lot of the codding-town mall in santa rosa. that's right off of highway 101 and guerneville road. police say people were in the parking lot at the time of the shooting... with one of the bullets hitting a nearby car.
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is video of people who were shut out at one of the stations. bart says they know the glitch was software related, and that ily one switc caused the train systems to stall. but what they don't know is how. bart riders hope a definitive answer comes soon. ( james ) bart says they don't know whether the issue could happen while trains are in service.that's something they hope to understand better once a full report on the problem comes back.. if the system were to fail again ... bart says rider safety would not be in jeopardy. ( darya ) as we head to break. here's a live look outside... san mateo bridge. < ella: i'm ella sogomonian - we've been telling you a lot about mmcial free strein but the kron on app gives you
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a lot more than just live local breaking news around the clock. it also gives you on-demand access to the kron 4 archives... that includes people behaving badly.
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(ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) (dave)a mainly dry cold front will pass through the bay area today. isolated showers are possible but the main impact will be gusty northerly winds along the coast and in the hills creating blustery conditions into this evening. high pressure builds wednesday through the weekend with dry and seasonably mild weather. next chance of rain returns by middle of next week. (robin) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( darya ) coming up on the kron 4
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morning buzz... who's fault is it when athletes lose their cool.. everybody's getting testy.. even coach kerr.. he's had it with draymond. but at least he didn't haul off and hit him.. that happened on another court. my joints, they hurt.
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of the weather this morning... no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101.
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(dave)a mainly dry cold front will pass through the bay area today. isolated showers are possible but the main impact will be gusty northerly winds along the coast and in the hills creating blustery conditions into this evening. high pressure builds wednesday through the weekend with dry and seasonably mild weather. next chance of rain returns by middle of next week.
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it's the athletes behaving badly edition of the buzz.. even the warriors are getting cantankerous.. but we'll start with raptors and cavs because they actually came to blows. it started with serge ibaka and marquiss chriss jockeying for position under the basket.. then watch this: ibaka's on the floor.. chriss says something and then starts to walk away.. ibaka jumps up and goes for his throat, then throws a punch and chriss swings back.. ibaka coulda blown his top because chriss fouled him earlier in the game.. or maybe it was something chriss said when he went down.. something made him
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jump up and lose it. russell westbrook also lost his temper last night at some taunting fans.. and of course somebody caught it on r cell phone.. too many f-bombs so i can't run the sound.. but suffice to say westbrook threatened to beat up a guy and his wife.. who were sitting near the bench at the game in utah last night... the jazz fan says it was totally unprovoked and he just told russ to ice his knees.. mmm hmmm.. i'm sure..russ isn't lyin about the raucus utah crowd:
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five fans got a formal warning last night that their behavior was outta hand... "but" they were allowed to return to their seats. and the players say that's the problem.. the fans are sitting so close they can reach out and touch them (remember a kid poked russ a couple weeks ago).. you can't poke them like they're a lion in a cage that can't hurt you.. and you know some fans are doing it purposely to get a rise outta the players.. but of course it is never ok for a athlete to threaten violence let alone haul of an hit somebody. if an athlete lashes out, they could do some serious damage.. especially if they're a pro=fighter.. which is why conor mcgregor was just arrested in miaimi beach. becau did earlier in the was about 5am, mcgregor was leaving a nightclub and
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obviously didn't like the camera in his face.. so he slapped the cellphone out of somebody's hands.. stomping on it and took it with him.. that's nothin' in the boxing ring but in the real world.. it's felony strong armed robbery and criminal mischief. the irish fighter says.. patience is a virtue he continues to work on. everybody loses their patience sometime.. and when you're famous: there's always a camera rolling.. let's rewind the video of the warriors atrocious loss to the terrible phoenix suns.. and take a closer look at coach steve kerr.. lip readers say kerr said " i am so (blank-ing) tired of draymond's (blank)." so of course he was asked to elaborate..
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performance... where he smashed the clipboard and went on a tirade. it's a long season.. and when you spend more time with your team than your family.. everybody gets blanking tired of everybody's blank.
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( darya ) that breaking news ... actresses felicity actresses felicity huffman and lori loughlin have been charged in a massive bribery scam involving some of the most
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elite colleges in the country. ( james ) court records show the actresses and others allegedly paid hefty bribes -- as much as $6 million -- to get their kids into various schools, including yale, stanford, georgetown and the university of southern california. the charges include conspiracy to commit mail fraud. tmz is reporting that felicity huffman has been arrested and is in custody. the alleged scam was reportedly unearthed after authorities found a california businessman who ran an operation helping students get into the college of their choice. authorities say the parents would pay the man money and then he would funnel it to a school sat/act athletic coach. the coach would arrange a fake
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profile that listed the if the money went to an exam administrator, the administrator would either hire a proctor to take the sat/act or student's answers. huffman is best known for desperate and laughlin is known for her role in full house. among people indicted are current head sailing coach john here is his picture.to plead guilty this afternoon. if you are watching us on the "kron-on app - our live news coverage continues next. kron on is the bay area's only commercial-free 24-hour streaming news service. it's available for iphones, ipads, apple tv, android devices, and on amazon fire . right now you can try it for free - just visit kron-on- dot-tv to sign up. (ácommercialá) (áábreakáá)
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